Adrian Surname
Approximately 57,972 people bear this surname
Adrian Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Adrian.' The form Adrain is an old one. The sheriff, John Adrian, entered below, is recorded as John Adrain: Hundred Rolls.
John Adrien, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Read More About This SurnameAdrian Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 8,116 | 1:16,295 | 2,028 |
| Tanzania | 8,088 | 1:6,546 | 844 |
| United States | 7,819 | 1:46,356 | 5,639 |
| Germany | 4,957 | 1:16,241 | 2,140 |
| Venezuela | 4,540 | 1:6,653 | 757 |
| Mexico | 3,342 | 1:37,141 | 2,181 |
| Spain | 2,716 | 1:17,214 | 1,934 |
| Romania | 1,925 | 1:10,430 | 1,368 |
| France | 1,611 | 1:41,231 | 5,172 |
| Bolivia | 1,449 | 1:7,327 | 907 |
| Peru | 1,399 | 1:22,719 | 2,552 |
| Oman | 1,255 | 1:2,939 | 433 |
| Ecuador | 988 | 1:16,099 | 2,407 |
| Canada | 901 | 1:40,894 | 5,098 |
| Poland | 839 | 1:45,302 | 7,125 |
| Sri Lanka | 804 | 1:25,881 | 3,346 |
| Saudi Arabia | 716 | 1:43,095 | 6,100 |
| Australia | 384 | 1:70,301 | 8,321 |
| England | 383 | 1:145,478 | 14,025 |
| Denmark | 380 | 1:14,855 | 1,459 |
| Malaysia | 366 | 1:80,585 | 5,685 |
| Chile | 365 | 1:48,264 | 2,223 |
| Dominican Republic | 347 | 1:30,066 | 1,787 |
| Argentina | 324 | 1:131,924 | 11,171 |
| Kenya | 287 | 1:160,906 | 12,601 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Guyana | 270 | 1:2,823 | 524 |
| Papua New Guinea | 245 | 1:33,280 | 3,885 |
| Iran | 222 | 1:345,867 | 23,255 |
| United Arab Emirates | 221 | 1:41,458 | 4,276 |
| Sweden | 188 | 1:52,376 | 4,036 |
| Paraguay | 179 | 1:40,429 | 1,255 |
| Hong Kong | 141 | 1:52,025 | 927 |
| New Zealand | 117 | 1:38,704 | 6,577 |
| Austria | 113 | 1:75,358 | 11,422 |
| Israel | 107 | 1:79,978 | 9,667 |
| Brazil | 100 | 1:2,140,743 | 67,134 |
| South Africa | 96 | 1:564,351 | 43,987 |
| Qatar | 94 | 1:25,085 | 2,628 |
| Thailand | 85 | 1:831,039 | 133,417 |
| Philippines | 84 | 1:1,205,217 | 94,524 |
| Cuba | 82 | 1:140,521 | 3,545 |
| Netherlands | 82 | 1:205,941 | 28,291 |
| Nigeria | 65 | 1:2,725,273 | 87,396 |
| Belgium | 58 | 1:198,218 | 26,032 |
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| Singapore | 56 | 1:98,352 | 4,171 |
| Taiwan | 52 | 1:450,860 | 3,427 |
| Scotland | 50 | 1:107,076 | 7,147 |
| Switzerland | 48 | 1:171,102 | 15,661 |
| India | 47 | 1:16,320,540 | 259,912 |
| Greece | 44 | 1:251,813 | 38,343 |
| El Salvador | 35 | 1:181,254 | 2,002 |
| Ireland | 33 | 1:142,695 | 6,688 |
| Italy | 30 | 1:2,038,556 | 89,453 |
| Russia | 27 | 1:5,337,891 | 231,865 |
| Honduras | 25 | 1:352,658 | 2,892 |
| Norway | 25 | 1:205,691 | 23,411 |
| Jamaica | 24 | 1:119,581 | 4,532 |
| Moldova | 24 | 1:148,390 | 15,621 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Panama | 20 | 1:195,613 | 5,661 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:162,870 | 11,152 |
| China | 18 | 1:75,962,309 | 4,162 |
| Barbados | 11 | 1:26,132 | 1,223 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Guatemala | 10 | 1:1,608,267 | 5,853 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Northern Ireland | 9 | 1:205,004 | 9,958 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Maldives | 7 | 1:57,739 | 2,642 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Lesotho | 6 | 1:338,760 | 16,589 |
| Saint Lucia | 6 | 1:29,797 | 1,820 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1:264,821 | 5,214 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 6 | 1:738,311 | 21,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 81 | 1:300,930 | 20,318 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 562 | 1:89,357 | 9,234 |
The alternate forms: Adrián (237), Adrían (2), Adriàn (1), Ádrian (1) & Ádrián (1) are calculated separately.
Adrian (1,514,539) may also be a first name.
Adrian Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Adrian.' The form Adrain is an old one. The sheriff, John Adrian, entered below, is recorded as John Adrain: Hundred Rolls.
John Adrien, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John Adrian, 1258, sheriff of London: Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London, 1188-1274.
1565-6. Audrian Awdryan and Christiane Ede: Marriage Lic (London).
1597. Matthew Merytt and Elizabeth Adrinson: ibid.
1628. Adrian Eyers and Ellen Woodcocke: Marriage Lic. (Westminster).
(Anglo-French-Latin) belonging to H)Adria (Italy) [French Adrien, Latin H)Adrian-us, from the place- name H)Adria)
When not used as a Variant of Adrain this is a form of the Latin Adrianus. MIF 19. It is not a synonym of Adorian, for which see Doran
A personal name, the Latin Hadrianus.
(Latin.) Local. Prom the city Hadria, which Gesner derives from the Greek άδός, great or wealthy.
Adrian Demographics
Average Male Adrian Height
174.01 cm
Average Female Adrian Height
163.93 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Adrian Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adrian Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Adrian (Arabic: يدريان, Hindi: ऎडविन, Marathi: अदरीन, Oriya: ଆଡିଆନ, Russian: Адриан) is most common in Indonesia. It may also appear in the variant forms: Adrián, Adrían, Adriàn, Ádrian or Ádrián. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Adrian? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 9,739th most frequently used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 125,708 people. Adrian occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 37 percent of Adrian live; 20 percent live in North America and 15 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Adrian is also the 482nd most widely held first name on earth It is held by 1,514,539 people.
The surname Adrian is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 8,116 people, or 1 in 16,295. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: West Java, where 28 percent reside, North Sulawesi, where 12 percent reside and West Sumatra, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Indonesia Adrian is found in 129 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.
Adrian Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Adrian has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Adrian surname increased 1,391 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 473 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 2,500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 550 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Adrian Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Catholic (83%) in Ireland, Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Adrian last name are 12.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.08% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Adrian earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 6.45% less than the national average, earning 323,752 kr per year; in Peru they earn 5.74% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,498 per year; in South Africa they earn 35.36% more than the national average, earning R 321,672 per year; in Colombia they earn 22% more than the national average, earning $27,696,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.87% more than the national average, earning $43,524 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.76% less than the national average, earning $47,817 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Adrian Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Adrian in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଡିଆନ | adi'ana | 83.33 |
| ଆଦିଆନ | adi'ana | 16.67 |
| Adrian in the Hindi language | ||
| ऎडविन | edavina | 33.33 |
| एडविन | edavina | 33.33 |
| एडरीन | edarina | 33.33 |
| Adrian in the Marathi language | ||
| अदरीन | adarina | 13.33 |
| अडरीयन | adariyana | 13.33 |
| अिदन | aidana | 6.67 |
| एडिरन | edirana | 6.67 |
| अदीरन | adirana | 6.67 |
| रेिगन | reigana | 6.67 |
| ऍडिरन | edirana | 6.67 |
| परीन | parina | 6.67 |
| ऍडरीन | edarina | 6.67 |
| अडिरयान | adirayana | 6.67 |
| डीन | dina | 6.67 |
| अॅडरन | aedarana | 6.67 |
| डाना | dana | 6.67 |
| Adrian in the Russian language | ||
| Адриан | adrian | - |
| Adrian in the Arabic language | ||
| يدريان | ydryan | - |
| اندريان | andryan | - |
| بادريان | badryan | - |
| آدريان | adryan | - |
| أدريان | adryan | - |
| ادريان | adryan | - |
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